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Justice and Imagination videos

How can societies build lasting peace when they emerge from violent internal conflicts facing widespread trauma and loss of life, a disintegration of the social fabric, weakened state institutions, and broken economic structures? From Syria to Guatemala, countries around the world wrestle with this question. The conference brings together leading authorities from around the world to analyze which processes of transitional justice, forms of reconciliation and memory, and conditions for economic and social policies increase the effectiveness of peace building and reconstruction in post-conflict environments.

Juan MendezUN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Justice and Peace: Can we have both?February 28, 2014

Kathryn SikkinkRyan Family Professor of Human Rights PolicyJohn F. Kennedy School of GovernmentHarvard University

How do we measure and assess the effectiveness of transitional justice?March 1, 2014